- Paperback: 350 pages
- Publisher: Atria Books/Beyond Words; Original edition (Aug 28 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1582701024
- ISBN-13: 978-1582701028
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 15.8 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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"Part itinerary, part journal," the selections in this anthology of diary entries written by women across America reveal women's "lives from the inside out-showing not only how they spent their time, but what was in their heads and hearts as they went through those twenty-four hours." The editors received contributions from 529 women, including famous ones, like "Satellite Sister" Lian Dolan (who has a nationally syndicated radio show with her four sisters); spiritual teacher Sharon Salzberg; and WNBA forward Rebecca Lobo; and not-so-famous ones, including Therese Ojibway, a program coordinator for autistic children; and "executive mom" Marisa Thalberg. A brief introduction gives a thumbnail biography each woman, which is followed by a series of entries, with time references, from one day in her life. The vignettes range from the mundane to the extraordinary, and make for an inspiring volume on how women from all walks of life think and feel.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Intensely entertaining -- I highly recommend this book." -- Ben Pappas, Us Weekly magazine.
"Filled with funny, fresh, vital voices. So much fun to read! I saw a little of myself on every page, in every woman's story." -- Lian Dolan, co-host, Satellite Sisters; columnist, O, The Oprah Magazine
"Filled with funny, fresh, vital voices. So much fun to read! I saw a little of myself on every page, in every woman's story." -- Lian Dolan, co-host, Satellite Sisters; columnist, O, The Oprah Magazine
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Once a groovy girl lawyer intellectual...now an "over-educated under-achiever" who fell into the role of homemaker. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
No Nintendo?, WTH!,
By A Customer
This review is from: This Day: Diaries From American Women (Paperback)
I borrowed this book for a friend due she assured me that it was worth, then she told me 'page 146', was underlined "Harrison asks if he may play GameCube. I say no. No GameBoy either....", what the hell !?, poor Harrison.I must suppose that it is, after all, a good book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A novel in every page,
By A Customer
This review is from: This Day: Diaries From American Women (Paperback)
I heard one of the editors of this book speak this morning, bought the book, and read it all in the same day. It is absolutely riveting, which is strange, because none of these women has a truly earthshattering day. Yet somehow, each one of these diaries or excerpts is a story in and of itself, and I found myself caught up in the trivialities of their daily lives. From sippy cups and string cheese to chocolate cravings to memorials to lost loved ones, each one of these women has so many stories to tell.Some ones that stick with me - the newly widowed woman writing her entries to her late husband, the funeral home director going to pick up a dead man and meeting his wife, the president of NOW cuddling with her children, a 60 year-old woman getting her GED, and the barista at Starbuck's with the lovely metaphors for her line of work. And oh so many more. What is nice about this book is that you could read it in bits and pieces (bathroom reading), or inhale it in one greedy gulp, as I did. I recommend it highly.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome,
This review is from: This Day: Diaries From American Women (Paperback)
I read these diaries at one gulp. A great gift book for your favorite woman, you will find yourself between the pages. Miss America, Ravi Shankar's daughter, the President of NOW, a probation officer. Women from all walks of life and then some. Divorce, problem marriages, happy women, young women. It's all here.
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